Five other Texas colleges flesh out the top 100 wealthiest schools, including Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, Baylor University, Texas Tech University, and Baylor College of Medicine.

MONEY evaluated hundreds of colleges on educational quality, affordability and alumni earnings. Here are the top 5 best colleges in the south.

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The two schools on the top of the wealthiest rankings are Harvard University with a $34.5 billion endowment and Yale University with a $25.4 billion endowment.

To determine the rankings, The Best Schools sorted them by financial endowment, meaning the trust available to each university through cash and other assets. They also factored in the average undergraduate cost of tuition before any reductions, average salary for full-time professors, and annual research budget.